"Salpingitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Inflammation of the uterine salpinx, the trumpet-shaped FALLOPIAN TUBES, usually caused by ascending infections of organisms from the lower reproductive tract. Salpingitis can lead to tubal scarring, hydrosalpinx, tubal occlusion, INFERTILITY, and ectopic pregnancy (PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC)
| Descriptor ID |
D012488
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C13.351.500.056.390.890 C13.351.500.056.750.875
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Salpingitis" by people in Profiles.
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Parsel SM, Moxley EM, Navarro AI, Kattar N, Barton BM, McCoul ED. Symptom Localization May Differentiate Subtypes of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction. Laryngoscope. 2023 08; 133(8):1818-1823.
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Sirotnak AP, Eppes SC, Klein JD. Tuboovarian abscess and peritonitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 1 in young girls. Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Jun; 22(6):993-6.
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Karasick S, Karasick D, Schilling J. Salpingitis isthmica nodosa in female infertility. J Can Assoc Radiol. 1985 Jun; 36(2):118-21.
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Swayne LC, Love MB, Karasick SR. Pelvic inflammatory disease: sonographic-pathologic correlation. Radiology. 1984 Jun; 151(3):751-5.
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Corson SL, Bolognese RJ. Laparoscopic nuances. Fertil Steril. 1971 Oct; 22(10):684-9.